Data Crunchers Now The Cool Kids On Campus

Publication: WSJ.com

Author: The Numbers Guy

4 March, 2013

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4 March, 2013

Data Crunchers Now The Cool Kids On Campus

On campuses, at cocktail parties and in American corporations, statisticians are walking a bit taller these days.

The explosive growth in data available to businesses and researchers has brought a surge in demand for people able to interpret and apply the vast new swaths of information, from the analysis of high-resolution medical images to improving the results of Internet search engines.